Food Safety Violations Found - Brisa Foods, Chicago Illinois

2156 North Kimball Avenue, Chicago, 60647 Illinois, United States

Report date: Mar 27, 2020
2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate
- comments: observed no valid city of chicago food sanitation certificate posted on the premises while tcs foods are being served. Premises cooks chicharonnes and has a meat and deli department. Management instructed that a certified food manager must be present at all times while tcs foods are being prepared and served. Priority foundation 7-38-012. No citation issued.

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: observed no written employee health policy on the premises. Management instructed to have a signed employee health policy for each employee. Priority foundation 7-38-010. No citation issued.

5. Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
- comments: observed no clean up supplies on the premises to respond to vomit and diarrheal events. Management instructed to provide all items listed on the clean up procedure. Priority foundation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed no exposed hand washing sink located in the garage area where chicharrones are being cooked on a 1 burner stove. Management instructed to cease cooking in this area. Management disconnected the gas line to the stove. Management instructed only to prepare foods where an exposed hand washing sink is located. Priority foundationn 7-38-030(c). No citation issued.

36. Thermometers provided & accurate
- comments: observed no metal stem probe thermometer on the premises to take food temperatures. Management instructed to provide. Priority foundation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

38. Insects, rodents, & animals not present
- comments: observed approximately 20 rat and mouse droppings on the ground in the garage storage area. Management instructed to clean and remove all rodent droppings from the premises. Additional pest control service is needed to eliminate the pest activity. Priority foundation 7-38-020(a). No citation issued.

40. Personal cleanliness
- comments: observed food handling employees without a hair restraint. Management instructed that all food handling employees must wear a hair restraint.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: observed no chemical test strips on the premises to measure the sanitizer concentration at the 3 compartment sink. Must provide. Priority foundation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: observed the garbage overflowing over the top of the garbage dumpster. Management instructed to have adequate garbage pickup so that the garbage does not overflow over the top of the container. Priority foundation 7-38-020(b). No citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: remove the cardboard from the floor behind the meat counter.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: repair the opening in the wall to the right of the 3 compartment sink.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: clean the walls of the meat department/deli prep area.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: observed a food handling employee with an invalid food handler certificate. Management instructed that all food handling employees have a valid food handler certificate.

Source: chicago.gov  | Symptoms: Diarrhea